Sturgeon Conservation and Sustainability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4033 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4033

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to allow certain activities 
  to be conducted with respect to sturgeon held in captivity or in a 
            controlled environment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2025

   Mr. Fine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to allow certain activities 
  to be conducted with respect to sturgeon held in captivity or in a 
            controlled environment, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sturgeon Conservation and 
Sustainability Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STURGEON HELD IN CAPTIVITY OR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS.

    Section 9(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Sturgeon.--
            ``(A) In general.--Subsection (a)(1) and section 7(a)(2) 
        shall not apply to--
                    ``(i) a sturgeon farmed that is legally held in 
                captivity or in a controlled environment as of the date 
                of enactment of this paragraph, until such time as the 
                sturgeon is intentionally returned to a wild state; or
                    ``(ii) progeny of a sturgeon described in clause 
                (i), until such time as the progeny is intentionally 
                returned to a wild state.
            ``(B) Demonstration; requirements.--
                    ``(i) In general.--Any person holding any sturgeon 
                or progeny described in subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(I) be able to demonstrate that the 
                        sturgeon or progeny qualifies as a sturgeon or 
                        progeny, as applicable, described in that 
                        subparagraph; and
                            ``(II) maintain and submit to the 
                        Secretary, on request of the Secretary, such 
                        inventories, documentation, and records as the 
                        Secretary may, by regulation, require as being 
                        reasonably appropriate to carry out the 
                        purposes of this paragraph.
                    ``(ii) Requirements.--Requirements described in 
                clause (i)(II) shall not unnecessarily duplicate the 
                requirements of other rules and regulations promulgated 
                by the Secretary under this Act.''.
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